Where does “lasagne” come from?

lasagne (Swedish) comes from Italian lasagne, from Italian lasagna, from Vulgar Latin lasania, from Latin lasanum, from Ancient Greek λάσανον — trivet or stand for a pot.

lasagne (Swedish): lasagna

Definitions

  1. lasagna

Ancestry of “lasagne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlasagneplural of lasagna; lasagna
2Italianlasagnaa food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated...
3Vulgar Latinlasania
4LatinlasanumA cooking pot; A closestool
5Ancient Greekλάσανονtrivet or stand for a pot
Every word from Ancient Greek λάσανονEvery word from Latin lasanumEvery word from Vulgar Latin lasania
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